Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Hertfordshire, Bishops Stortford, Sir George Jackson, Halfpence, 1795 (2), stop after date, edge lettered, 10.61g/6h (DH 4; Judson 1057), no stop after date, edge plain, 19.96g/6h (DH 4 bis IIa; Judson 1057) [2]. About extremely fine (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 4 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 216 (part) [from J. Verity]

Sir George Jackson, Bt, later known as Sir George Duckett, Bt (1725-1822), secretary to the Navy Board, 1758; second secretary to the Admiralty, 1766-82; MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 1762-8 and Colchester, 1790-6; friend and associate of Capt Cook, who named Port Jackson, in New South Wales, and Point Jackson, New Zealand, after him. The tokens were actually made in 1796, and delivered to Jackson by Matthew Boulton in May and June of that year (Doty, CTCJ December 1999, pp.9-13)